Modelling the Relationship between the Nature of Work Factors and Driving Performance Mediating by Role of Fatigue

Al-Baraa Abdulrahman Al-Mekhlafi, Ahmad Shahrul Nizam Isha, Nicholas Chileshe, Mohammed Abdulrab, Anwar Ameen Hezam Saeed and Ahmed Farouk Kineber
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Al-Baraa Abdulrahman Al-Mekhlafi: Department of Management & Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia
Ahmad Shahrul Nizam Isha: Department of Management & Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia
Nicholas Chileshe: UniSA STEM, Scarce Resources and Circular Economy (ScaRCE), University of South Australia, Adelaide 5001, Australia
Mohammed Abdulrab: Management Department, Community College of Qatar, Doha 00974, Qatar
Anwar Ameen Hezam Saeed: Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia
Ahmed Farouk Kineber: Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 13, 1-17

Abstract: Driving fatigue is a serious issue for the transportation sector, decreasing the driver’s performance and increasing accident risk. This study aims to investigate how fatigue mediates the relationship between the nature of work factors and driving performance. The approach included a review of the previous studies to select the dimensional items for the data collection instrument. A pilot test to identify potential modification to the questionnaire was conducted, then structural equation modelling (SEM) was performed on a stratified sample of 307 drivers, to test the suggested hypotheses. Based on the results, five hypotheses have indirect relationships, four of which have a significant effect. Besides, the results show that driving fatigue partially mediates the relationship between the work schedule and driving performance and fully mediates in the relationship between work activities and driving performance. The nature of work and human factors is the most common reason related to road accidents. Therefore, the emphasis on driving performance and fatigue factors would thereby lead to preventing fatal crashes and life loss.

Keywords: nature of work; driving performance; work schedule; work activities; driving fatigue; oil and gas tanker driver; structural equation modelling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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